Examining reasons undergraduate women join physics

Franklin, Maxwell; Brewe, Eric; Ponnock, Annette R.; Goertzen, Renee Michelle

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Examining reasons undergraduate women join physics

written by Maxwell Franklin, Eric Brewe, Annette R. Ponnock, and Renee Michelle Goertzen

This study examines survey data from 2,129 undergraduate women at the 2015 and 2019 American Physical Society Conference for Undergraduate Women in Physics (CUWiP) in order to classify what led them to study physics. We use expectancy-value and self-efficacy theory to create a coding framework based on different types of value and efficacy expectations in order to group responses. We find that the most common attractions are social persuasion, which is due to pressure or persuasion from people around the students, and intrinsic value, which is related to the inherent value of engaging in physics.

Physics Education Research Conference 2021
Part of the PER Conference series
Virtual Conference: August 4-5, 2021
Pages 135-140

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DOI:: 10.1119/perc.2021.pr.Franklin
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Franklin, M, E. Brewe, A. Ponnock, and R. Goertzen. "Examining reasons undergraduate women join physics." Paper presented at the Physics Education Research Conference 2021, Virtual Conference, August 4-5, 2021. https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=15738&DocID=5472 (accessed 4 May 2025).

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Franklin, Maxwell, Eric Brewe, Annette R. Ponnock, and Renee Michelle Goertzen. "Examining reasons undergraduate women join physics." Physics Education Research Conference 2021. Virtual Conference: 2021. 135-140 of PER Conference. 4 May 2025 <https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=15738&DocID=5472>.

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